Green villages by Wind + Solar + Hydrogen
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wind-generation; solar generation; hydrogen energy storageAbstract
This paper describes 5 steps on the move to cost-effective green villages, powered mainly by Solar, Wind and Hydrogen. In Britain, there are around 6000 villages comprising almost half the total population. These village dwellers wish to reduce their expensive energy bills, achievable by profitably going green with local Wind and Solar generation of electricity plus Hydrogen energy storage. The first step is to measure the total energy usage in the village. This defines the size of the required renewable private wire energy installations. The second step calculates savings on grid bills for electricity, natural gas and petroleum transport products, to ensure rapid payback for the renewables to be installed. A third concern is the planning permission for Wind/Solar installations that may take months to approve. Perhaps the most important requirement is to attract investment in the fourth step. Finally, the fifth step is to procure and commission the equipment needed in the village to prove that local energy can beat the present centralized grid energy systems, using Hydrogen as the vital energy storage molecule to fill gaps in Wind/Solar supply.
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